| Title | The Aristotelian Commentaries and Platonism |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2014 |
| Journal | Quaestiones Disputatae |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 7-23 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/flJbYNytd91hTDh |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Volume II |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2011 |
| Publication Place | Cambridge |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Volume | 2 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Translator(s) |
| The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity comprises over forty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of the period 200–800 CE. Designed as a successor to The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy (edited by A. H. Armstrong), it takes into account some forty years of scholarship since the publication of that volume. The contributors examine philosophy as it entered literature, science and religion, and offer new and extensive assessments of philosophers who until recently have been mostly ignored. The volume also includes a complete digest of all philosophical works known to have been written during this period. It will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in this rich and still emerging field. [author's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/m4jubd6IQgEk4Bo |
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| Title | Simplicius of Cilicia |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2010 |
| Published in | The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Volume II |
| Pages | 711-732 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Baltussen, Han |
| Editor(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Translator(s) |
| The text discusses the life and works of Simplicius of Cilicia, a philosopher from the 6th century CE. Little is known about his life, but he received education from prominent figures such as Ammonius in Alexandria and Damascius in Athens. Simplicius' philosophical outlook was influenced by Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. The expulsion of Platonists from Athens in 532 CE halted school activities, and Simplicius' life span is estimated to be around 480-560 CE. The abstract mentions the debates about where Simplicius went after his trip to Persia, with some suggesting Harran in Syria as a possible safe haven. The works attributed to Simplicius include commentaries on Aristotle's Categories, Physics, and On the Heavens, and possibly Metaphysics (lost) and De Anima. He also wrote a commentary on Epictetus' Handbook and a summary version of Theophrastus' Physics. Simplicius' importance as a source for ancient Greek philosophy and science has sometimes overshadowed his contributions as an independent thinker. The methodology of Simplicius' vast output is discussed, highlighting his role in transmitting Greek philosophy and science. While he is known for using quotations to substantiate and clarify his work, he is not merely seen as a conduit of earlier thinkers. The text emphasizes the need to view Simplicius as an independent thinker and not just a commentator. The neglectful view of Simplicius in the past is attributed to a focus on fragment-hunting and the recovery of early Greek philosophy. [introduction] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/dqDtt1zG1ifPfb9 |
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| Title | What is Platonism? |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005 |
| Journal | Journal of the History of Philosophy |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 253-276 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| My main conclusion is that we should understand Platonism historically as consisting in fidelity to the principles of “top-downism.” So understanding it, we havea relatively sharp critical tool for deciding who was and who was not a Platonist despite their silence or protestations to the contrary. Unquestionably, the most important figure in this regard is Aristotle. I would not like to end this historical inquiry, however, without suggesting a philosophical moral. The moral is that there are at least some reasons for claiming that a truly anti-Platonic Aristotelianism is not philosophically in the cards, so to speak. Thus, if one rigorously and honestly seeks to remove the principles of Platonism from a putatively Aristotelian position, what would remain would be incoherent and probably indefensible. Thus, an Aristotelian ontology of the sensible world that excluded the ontological priority of the supersensible is probably unsustainable. And an Aristotelian psychology that did not recognize the priority and irreducibility of intellect to soul would be similarly beyond repair.89 What contemporary exponents of versions of Platonism or Aristotelianism should perhaps conclude from a study of the history is that, rather than standing in opposition to each other, merger, or at least synergy, ought to be the order of the day.[conclusion, p. 276] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/Goxyyq1Id3kdZDT |
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| Title | Aristotle and Other Platonists |
| Type | Monograph |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005 |
| Publication Place | Ithaca, NY |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| In a wide-ranging book likely to cause controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson sets out the case for the "harmony" of Platonism and Aristotelianism, the standard view in late antiquity. [autor's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/juQ91SSjTlqj51c |
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| Title | Review of ACA translation volumes (Alexander, Simplicius, Philoponus) |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Journal | Philosophical Quarterly |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 260-264 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/YWBll9YAFfbZoKT |
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| Title | Aristotle and Other Platonists |
| Type | Monograph |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005 |
| Publication Place | Ithaca, NY |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
In a wide-ranging book likely to cause controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson sets out the case for the "harmony" of Platonism and Aristotelianism, the standard view in late antiquity. [autor's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/juQ91SSjTlqj51c |
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| Title | Review of ACA translation volumes (Alexander, Simplicius, Philoponus) |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Journal | Philosophical Quarterly |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 260-264 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/YWBll9YAFfbZoKT |
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| Title | Simplicius of Cilicia |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2010 |
| Published in | The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Volume II |
| Pages | 711-732 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Baltussen, Han |
| Editor(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Translator(s) |
The text discusses the life and works of Simplicius of Cilicia, a philosopher from the 6th century CE. Little is known about his life, but he received education from prominent figures such as Ammonius in Alexandria and Damascius in Athens. Simplicius' philosophical outlook was influenced by Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. The expulsion of Platonists from Athens in 532 CE halted school activities, and Simplicius' life span is estimated to be around 480-560 CE. The abstract mentions the debates about where Simplicius went after his trip to Persia, with some suggesting Harran in Syria as a possible safe haven. The works attributed to Simplicius include commentaries on Aristotle's Categories, Physics, and On the Heavens, and possibly Metaphysics (lost) and De Anima. He also wrote a commentary on Epictetus' Handbook and a summary version of Theophrastus' Physics. Simplicius' importance as a source for ancient Greek philosophy and science has sometimes overshadowed his contributions as an independent thinker. The methodology of Simplicius' vast output is discussed, highlighting his role in transmitting Greek philosophy and science. While he is known for using quotations to substantiate and clarify his work, he is not merely seen as a conduit of earlier thinkers. The text emphasizes the need to view Simplicius as an independent thinker and not just a commentator. The neglectful view of Simplicius in the past is attributed to a focus on fragment-hunting and the recovery of early Greek philosophy. [introduction] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/dqDtt1zG1ifPfb9 |
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| Title | The Aristotelian Commentaries and Platonism |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2014 |
| Journal | Quaestiones Disputatae |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 7-23 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/flJbYNytd91hTDh |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Volume II |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2011 |
| Publication Place | Cambridge |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Volume | 2 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Translator(s) |
The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity comprises over forty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of the period 200–800 CE. Designed as a successor to The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy (edited by A. H. Armstrong), it takes into account some forty years of scholarship since the publication of that volume. The contributors examine philosophy as it entered literature, science and religion, and offer new and extensive assessments of philosophers who until recently have been mostly ignored. The volume also includes a complete digest of all philosophical works known to have been written during this period. It will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in this rich and still emerging field. [author's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/m4jubd6IQgEk4Bo |
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| Title | What is Platonism? |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005 |
| Journal | Journal of the History of Philosophy |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 253-276 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
My main conclusion is that we should understand Platonism historically as consisting in fidelity to the principles of “top-downism.” So understanding it, we havea relatively sharp critical tool for deciding who was and who was not a Platonist despite their silence or protestations to the contrary. Unquestionably, the most important figure in this regard is Aristotle. I would not like to end this historical inquiry, however, without suggesting a philosophical moral. The moral is that there are at least some reasons for claiming that a truly anti-Platonic Aristotelianism is not philosophically in the cards, so to speak. Thus, if one rigorously and honestly seeks to remove the principles of Platonism from a putatively Aristotelian position, what would remain would be incoherent and probably indefensible. Thus, an Aristotelian ontology of the sensible world that excluded the ontological priority of the supersensible is probably unsustainable. And an Aristotelian psychology that did not recognize the priority and irreducibility of intellect to soul would be similarly beyond repair.89 What contemporary exponents of versions of Platonism or Aristotelianism should perhaps conclude from a study of the history is that, rather than standing in opposition to each other, merger, or at least synergy, ought to be the order of the day.[conclusion, p. 276] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/Goxyyq1Id3kdZDT |
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